Last season, Oklahoma brought several talented high school linebackers into the football program. With very little depth at the position and a move of Lewis Baker to safety, Brent Venables had to put Curtis Lofton and Ryan Reynolds on the field to prepare each player for worst case scenarios. Lofton and Reynolds were penciled in as the No. 2 players at middle and weakside linebackers as soon as they signed on the dotted line in February of 2005..